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Click to expand.I know how the OpenAL translation works. But there is still a DirectSound3D in Vista, it's just no longer at the kernel level. Microsoft moved DirectSound (and DirectSound3D) to a software level so any crashes that occur in DirectSound will not result in a BSOD (or crash the whole system). Removing DirectSound3D fully would result in majority of all games losing audio completely (right now only effects like EAX and hardware acceleration will be dropped in Vista without the OpenAL translation). They are not supporting the Audigy series right away because the Audigy series and the X-Fi series use different driver models. Since Creative is currently only working on one set at a time, they said similar drivers will probably come out for the Audigy series at a later time.

I believe any native OpenAL audio engine will 'use' the X-RAM but not in a meaningful way. I personally own a fatality although only because I saw it for a price I couldn't pass up (130 USD). It's unfortunate but I doubt X-RAM will ever be in a useful amount of games. Creative putting it onto only high end cards will make sure of that. If their entire X-Fi lineup down to the low profile cards sported the 64mb chip it might be different. It seems to me that the PC gaming community is largely moving away from Creative and their continued EAX revisions. EAX4 has been around for years and I don't believe more than a handful of games have adopted it not to mention EAX5.

It makes me wonder if Creative's long term 'open for adoption then close for domination' strategy hasn't backfired. If you take a look at the steam survey it seems apparent that Creative is having trouble convincing the gaming community that they need add in sound boards. The vast majority of people are happy with their Realtek etc. Developers are often using too low bitrate lossy sound effects and utilizing hardware EAX/reverb less and less these days. I get the feeling that PC game sound is being pushed further into the corner with each passing year.

Click to expand.Yeah, what's up with some of the awful audio compression in some games. I frequently hear quality similar to bad/low-birate MP3 swishing at the high end of the spectrum. And this is with games on 6 CDs or on DVDs. Doom3 and UT2003/04 (OGG @ like 64kbps) are two examples that come to mind.

I think what's really happening here is the placebo audio quality perception is losing its popularity. Autocad Civil 3d Tutorial Download here. Hearing is nothing compared to vision.

People naturally care less about the audio experience unless they've been forced to hear better options. And even then, they may still just not care (especially if it involves spending money). And PCs aren't really known as high quality audio platforms, unlike home theaters. The 3D audio phenomenon of the late '90s died off for several reasons, and Creative doesn't seem to be able to really provide really noticeable improvements or hype well enough.

Also, back in the '90s, many people were using ISA cards. Moving to a SBLive! Was one hell of an improvement over some generic ESS ISA card. Integrated audio is somewhat near SBLive quality these days (still a good bit behind tho).

Click to expand.I misread your first question as DirectSound and DirectSound3D (instead of Direct3D for Video). There will be no Hardware Audio Acceleration in Vista as it stands today. The only approved way to get hardware audio acceleration is for the game to use OpenAL. The other way to get hardware audio acceleration is being worked on as a work-around by Creative for their XiFi cards first and then rolled out to their older Audigy cards.